Pie time, 2016

The results for the 2016 Great Australian Pie competition are in. Once again i have summarised the gluten free winners.  

Gluten Free Category Winner

Steak - Beefys Pies - Kunda Park, QLD

Name	Location	State	Pie	Prize
Heavens Bakehouse	East Keilor	VIC	GF STEAK CHEESE	Gold
Heavens Bakehouse	East Keilor	VIC	GF STEAK PEPPER	Gold
Heavens Bakehouse	East Keilor	VIC	GF STEAK PEPPER	Bronze
Mt Barker Country Bakery	Mount Barker	WA	CURRY BEEF	Gold
Nee's High Apple Pies	Kinglake West	VIC	GF APPLE PIE	Gold
Nee's High Apple Pies	Kinglake West	VIC	GF APPLE RASBERRY	Gold
One Girl Pie	Richmond	VIC	CHILLI BEEF BACON	Gold
One Girl Pie	Richmond	VIC	PULLED PORK AND FENNEL	Gold
One Girl Pie	Richmond	VIC	BEEF AND BEER	Gold
One Girl Pie	Richmond	VIC	CHICKEN LEEK	Gold
Chris' Bakery	Grenfell	NSW	GF CHICKEN PUMPKIN	Gold
King Valley Fine Foods	Wangaratta	VIC	GF CHICKEN ARTICHOKE AND GREEN PEPPERCORN	Gold
King Valley Fine Foods	Wangaratta	VIC	GF LAMB SHANK	Gold
King Valley Fine Foods	Wangaratta	VIC	GF VEGETABLE	Gold
King Valley Fine Foods	Wangaratta	VIC	GF PEPPER BEEF CURRY	Gold
Mansfield Bakery P/L	Mansfield	VIC	GF CHEESE BACON	Gold
Meldrums Pies in Paradise	Cairns	QLD	GF PLAIN	Gold
Beefys	Kunda Park	QLD	GF STEAK BACON CHEESE	Gold
Beefys	Kunda Park	QLD	GF STEAK	Gold
Tassie Pies & Pavs	Moonah	TAS	BEEF RED WINE	Gold
Tassie Pies & Pavs	Moonah	TAS	BEEF RED WINE	Bronze

Taph and I have a few pilgrimages to make.  

Pie Time.

Since being diagnosed with Coeliacs one of the things I have missed is a good pie.

However this may change soon as I have found the web site for the Great Aussie pie comp, and one of their categories is for Gluten Free Pies

I have known about King Valley Fine Foods for a while, and while Wangaratta is a bit of a distance from Canberra, I have always detoured into the town with an esky on my trip to Melbourne. Now I have a few other places to make a detour to.

The main winner for 2015 is Beefys Pies, from Kunda Park, Queensland for their Steak pies, However, the rest of the winners for 2015 are:

Bakery name	Town	State	Pie name	Award.
Classique Gourmet	Caringbah	NSW	GF beef and veg	Gold
Penrith Pies & Pastries	Jamisontown	NSW	GF chicken	Gold
Mountain High Pies	Wentworth Falls	NSW	GF lamb rosemary	Gold
Beefy's Pies	Kunda Park	Qld	GF steak	Gold
Heavens Bakehouse	East Keilor	VIC	GF steak onion	Gold
Heavens Bakehouse	East Keilor	VIC	GF Beef Chunky	Gold
Heavens Bakehouse	East Keilor	VIC	GF Pepper steak	Gold
Heavens Bakehouse	East Keilor	VIC	GF beef Mince	Gold
Red Poppy Bakery	Hughesdale	VIC	GF beef pie	Gold
One Girl Pie	Richmond	VIC	GF beef and beer	Gold
One Girl Pie	Richmond	VIC	GF chicken leek	Silver
One Girl Pie	Richmond	VIC	GF pulled pork fennel	Gold
San Remo Bakehouse	San Remo	VIC	GF Beef	Gold
3 boys baking	Sorrento	Vic	GF Chilli con carne	Gold
3 boys baking	Sorrento	Vic	GF Cauilflower cheese	Gold
3 boys baking	Sorrento	Vic	GF chicken leek	Gold
3 boys baking	Sorrento	Vic	Beef burgundy	Gold
3 boys baking	Sorrento	Vic	GF Beef	Silver
King Valley Fine Foods	Wangaratta	VIC	Vegetable Baharat	Gold
King Valley Fine Foods	Wangaratta	VIC	Spicy lamb curry	Gold
King Valley Fine Foods	Wangaratta	VIC	Portugese chicken	Gold

If you are interested, here are the winners from 2014.

Bakery name	Town	State	Pie name	Award.
The Blue Bird Cafe	Lockhart	NSW	Kashmir Vegetarian	Gold
Show n Shine Deli Cafe	Bray Park	NSW	chicken and mushroom	Silver
Show n Shine Deli Cafe	Bray Park	NSW	asparagus cheese and corn	Bronze
Gaffney's Bakery	Heathcote VIC	VIC	Gluten free beef	Gold
Nee's High Apple Pies	Kinglake West VIC	VIC	Gluten free apple	Gold
Ardor Food Co	Thomastown	VIC	Vegetable curry	Bronze
Ardor Food Co	Thomastown	VIC	beef and red wine	Silver
Ardor Food Co	Thomastown	VIC	Vegetable curry	Gold
Gluten Free 4 U	Moorabbin	VIC	beef	Silver
Heavens Bakehouse	East Keilor	VIC	Gluten free beef	Silver
One Girl Pie	Richmond	VIC	Beef and beer	Silver
One Girl Pie	Richmond	VIC	Pulled pork and fennel	Silver
Beefy's Pies	Kunda Park	QLD	Gluten free steak	Gold

I can see a few pilgrimages coming up.

Taken from http://www.greataussiepiecomp.com.au/result.htm

If you want to try us Tony, Bring it on.

Following a union meeting, an announcement was made for people who wanted to attend Bill Shortens' budget reply speech. I went as I figured this was a bucket list sort of thing so i stuck my hand up and said yes please.

It was simple enough. Rock up to Parliament House. Get my name ticked off on the list, and be escorted over to the Opposition Party room These two people were also there, but no names will be mentioned here.

As with any party event, the local members all came and gave a little speech, along with the Deputy leader, Tanya Plibersek.

Kate Lundy addressing the group

Gai Brodtmann. Andrew Leigh also addressed the crowd, but i forgot to take a photo of him

Deputy leader of the ALP, Tanya Plibersek also addresses the gathering

Cameras and mobile phones had to be cloaked before they let us into the visitors’ seats in the chamber, so i have no photos of Bill speech. 

This was the queue to cloak phones, bag and anything else. 

My opinion of the speech. If he is the leader who roared that night, why did it take him so long to come out swinging.

Footy food - Chiefs

The Brumbies were due to up against the Waikato Chiefs and this left us with a decision to make.

Our garden had produced an abundance of zucchinis’. This left us with one option for this series.

Zucchini slice. We used the recipe from Taste.com, but altered it a little.

We used a Gluten Free flour and we used Salmon rather than Tuna.

Wrapped in al-foil and packed into the Trusty Tupperware, it was still warm at the ground when we ate it at half time.

And as for the game, The Brumbies won 41 to 23.

Footy food – Titans

We are an ecumenical footy family, we support and will attend all codes. This used to include the GWS AFL team, until they stuffed up our season tickets, and then would not call or email us back.

And so, on Sunday afternoon we headed off to GIO Stadium for the first Raiders home game of 2014.

Once again, we had minimal time to prepare food, so we took chicken sandwiches.

Well, these were done the way we like chicken sandwiches.

Chicken breast was sliced thinly, and then pan fried. A tomato was thinly sliced and put into a Trusty Tupperware container. The bread was pre buttered and smeared with some chili plum sauce.

Once again, these were assembled at the ground and eaten with the tomato fresh, and not having had a chance to soak into the bread.

On a scale of one to 10, these were a 6.

And the Game. The Raiders lost 24 – 12. 

iCider. The taste test

I have blogged before about my making cider, and after leaving it to sit for a few months, I decided to give it a taste test.

What can I say, it tasted like a cider should taste, and was very nice.

I deem it to be a success.

If anyone wants to try some, I will happily show you how to make it yourself.

Footy food - Stormers

The next game was the Brumbies v Stormers. This presented us with a problem. Both Taph and I was going to be busy for most of the day and would not be able to cook anything.

We  knew this day was coming, so we went with an old staple of sports stadiums around the work.

Hot dogs in buns.

We got some gluten free hot dog rolls, and used a gluten free pork/lamb sausage frankfurt.

These were cooked at home, and then put into a food thermos for the trip. the buns were per buttered and sauced. some extra sauerkraut was taken in some trusty Tupperware.

These were well received by the people around us, who, on looking at how simple this all was said they were going to try and do this for a future march.

On a scale of one to 10, these were a 6.

And the Game. The Brumbies won 25 – 15.